Comments on: Unsavory Elements: The Good, The Bad, And The Boring Foreigners Of China http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: ChinaBounder http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-226560 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:35:21 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-226560 I’m not quite sure I’d call it a nationalist publishing house. It was Kodansha/Random House, after all.

But you’re certainly right the book sank without a trace. Fell dead born from the press, aye.

]]> By: DSLAM http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-224928 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:49:11 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-224928 A very perceptive and well-written review, thanks.

]]> By: Tom Carter http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-224392 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:23:09 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-224392 The “boring” typeset was intended to mimic an ordinary visa application (hence the arrival stamp and frayed edges). Glad to hear that you at least appreciate the artwork. The book – a true “made in China” grassroots project – would not have been complete without it.

Thanks for your (everyone else’s, even the cheeky monkeys here) feedback!

]]> By: bag-o-dicks http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-224376 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:54:48 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-224376 Thanks. I’d always assumed it was a totally straight-faced account of what a fairly typical male expat felt. Though I only read a couple of posts before his blog got shut down.

]]> By: narsfweasels http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-224350 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:06:15 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-224350 I wish I could sir, I wish I could.

]]> By: FOARP http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-224346 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:38:32 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-224346 Butt-hurt in the expat community over people not being considered quite the super-heroes they thought they were? Say it ain’t so.

]]> By: FOARP http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-224344 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:36:12 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-224344 Yeah, what many of us hoped was irony turned out to be what he really thought. He had a rancid, rant-filled book published by some J-Nationalist publishing house and then sank without trace. Checkit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2420969/ChinaBounder-sex-blogger-reveals-his-identity.html

]]> By: mike http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-224311 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:05:54 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-224311 Agreed the font is painfully boring, but the illustration is nice. I’m assuming you are enjoying the satirical scene portrayed here, yes? Smiling Chinese waving at a pair of tourists? I think they’re being.. what’s the word… Ironical?

;)

]]> By: narsfweasels http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-224149 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:46:13 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-224149 Cityweekend reviewed this and gave it a similar dressing-down, then the losers who wrote this shit came in and were all butt-hurt and loser-like. It was funny.

The book, however, wasn’t.

]]> By: name http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-224119 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:38:32 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-224119 “‘Murican” is not foreign is ‘murican. As many foreigners in China will tell you, THEY have peculiar attitudes — and I mean peculiarly obnoxious.

Keep looking at your bellybuttons, gringos.

]]> By: bag-o-dicks http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-224105 Tue, 21 May 2013 05:26:16 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-224105 Thanks for noticing.

]]> By: Cat http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-224103 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:56:58 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-224103 That book cover looks like an issue of Highlights magazine.

]]> By: RhZ http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-224101 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:39:58 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-224101 You’re quite the art expert, aren’t you?

]]> By: bag-o-dicks http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-224094 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:51:22 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-224094 Talking of China Bounder, did the truth ever come out?

]]> By: bag-o-dicks http://beijingcream.com/2013/05/unsavory-elements-the-good-the-bad-and-the-boring-foreigners-of-china/#comment-224093 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:43:25 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=12770#comment-224093 That cover makes this look like something written by Hunter S. Thompson.

http://g-ec4.images-amazon.com/images/P/B004H37XA6.01._SX640_SCLZZZZZZZ_V184570711_.jpg

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